Words for Women
Words for Women: Look Into His Eyes, by Lucille Zimmerman
I debated whether or not I should tell my counselor this dark, awful story about a piece of my life I had blocked from my memory. Over the months, I had felt more and more safety opening up and telling parts of my story that included painful events and life...
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Words for Women: Imagination Versus Experience, by Anita Higman
In my latest novel, Winter in Full Bloom, I wrote more from experience than imagination, but both were so interwoven throughout the work, that the pieces became one fabric—one story. Still, I would say that there are more pieces of my personal life in this work than in any other...
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Words for Women: These Are The Good Parts
Today’s Words for Women post was supposed to be a guest blog, but thanks to some crossed wires (story of my life these days…) I’m doing something a little different. I came across this post by Shauna Niequist at the Storyline blog, thanks to a friend who linked it on...
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Words for Women: Crash! The Sting of Rejection by Robbie Iobst
CRASH! When my son was three, he was given a bright orange car, low to the ground, powered by petals and steered with hand holds. At the time, we lived in a cottage. Actually, when I use the term “cottage” I am using euphoric recall. It was a shack situated...
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